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Coincidence between climate fluctuations and variability in the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) recruitment

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Document Number:
WG-EMM-95/53
Author(s):
Sasai, Y., Kutsuwada, K., Naganobu, M.
Agenda Item(s)
WG-EMM-95 - - undefined
Abstract

This paper demonstrated the relationship between sea-level air pressure gradients in Drake Passage and krill recruitment variabiIlty. Years of high pressure gradients coincided with the years of good krill recruitment, and vice versa.